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Encounter
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There are 126 books in the Deathlands series. The newest book is Devil's Vortex .
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On a crisp January day, a Presidential inauguration day, a one-megaton blast ripped through the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C.
Subsequent explosions around the globe changed the face and the shape of the earth forever. Out of the ruins emerged Deathlands, a world that conspired against survival.
In the blasted…
Subsequent explosions around the globe changed the face and the shape of the earth forever. Out of the ruins emerged Deathlands, a world that conspired against survival.
In the blasted…
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Red Holocaust
Red Holocaust by James Axler released on Jul 25, 1986 is available now for purchase.
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Neutron Solstice
Neutron Solstice by James Axler released on Jan 23, 1987 is available now for purchase.
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Crater Lake
Crater Lake by James Axler released on Oct 24, 1997 is available now for purchase.
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Homeward Bound
Ryan Cawdor's post-holocaust odyssey across America is about to come full circle Ryan Cawdor is going home.
Forced away from Front Royal by a power-mad brother who had already committed fratricide, Ryan had roamed a devastated America searching out the small pockets of life where civilization was being reborn.
Emerging…
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Pony Soldiers
Pony Soldiers by James Axler released on Mar 25, 1988 is available now for purchase.
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Dectra Chain
The world blew out in 2001. Vast areas of what was the United States lie beneath an umbrella of noxious dust and radioactive debris, a mantle of destruction drawn over a land of doom. Much of the East Coast has been obliterated; the Southwest is a land of fire; cities…
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Ice and Fire
Ice And Fire by James Axler released on Oct 25, 1988 is available now for purchase.
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Red Equinox
Red Equinox by James Axler released on Apr 24, 1989 is available now for purchase.
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Northstar Rising
A century after a global nuclear holocaust, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warriors wander through the tropical jungles of Minnesota, where they stumble upon an abandoned cryonics complex, revive Dr. Mildred Wyeth from suspended animation, and battle a Viking menace
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Time Nomads
Time Nomads by James Axler released on Apr 24, 1990 is available now for purchase.
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Latitude Zero
Latitude Zero by James Axler released on Feb 22, 1991 is available now for purchase.
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Seedling
Seedling by James Axler released on Jul 25, 1991 is available now for purchase.
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Dark Carnival
Dark Carnival by James Axler released on Nov 22, 1991 is available now for purchase.
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Chill Factor
Journeying to the wastelands of the forty-ninth parallel to rescue his son, Ryan Cawdor, along with his band of post-apocalyptic survivors, must battle a legion of hunter androids, designed to kill intruders. Original.
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Moon Fate
Out of the ruins of a nuclear-ravaged America emerges a band or warriors, who struggle against a mutant tyrant bent on human sacrifice to find a better life in the Deathlands. Original.
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Fury's Pilgrims
Fury's Pilgrims by James Axler released on Nov 24, 1992 is available now for purchase.
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Shockscape
Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists chart a perilous journey across the desolate Rocky Mountains to deliver the hired killers of a small boy to the boy's father. Original.
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Deep Empire
Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior-survivalists find a refuge from the horrors of the post-holocaust world at a marine research center created to study dolphins, until they discover that the dolphins are being trained as killers. Original.
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Cold Asylum
Tracking rumors that could lead them to the long-lost Trader, Ryan Cawdor and his team of warrior survivalists find themselves unwilling houseguests at the opulent estate of the wealthy and perverse Baron Mandeville. Original.
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Twilight Children
Fighting for survival in post-holocaust America, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warriors struggle from one area of devastation to another, shaken by the mind-bending affects of the mat-trans, until they emerge into a promised land. Original.
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Rider, Reaper
Finding himself struggling for survival and revenge in the violent post-holocaust world of Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor and a vengeful band of Indian allies seek a bloodthirsty general and his band of paramilitary killers. Original.
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Road Wars
A mysterious message about the long-lost Trader takes Ryan Cawdor and the Armorer on a perilous odyssey to the Pacific Northwest, while Krysty Wroth and the rest of the warrior survivalists face off against enemies out to destroy their weakened group. Original.
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Trader Redux
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Genesis Echo
Finding themselves reluctant guests at a reactivated Maine medical institute, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists become the victims of unethical scientific research that threatens Krysty Wroth's special powers. Original.
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Shadowfall
The nuclear conflagration that had nearly consumed the world generations ago stripped away most of its bounty, throwing survivors back to more savage ways of existence. Amid the ruins, Ryan Cawdor leads the daring few who wage a grim battle in a quest for a better future. As elsewhere in…
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Ground Zero
Deathlands is a desolate and mute testimony to the aftermath of the nuclear blasts that laid waste the earth. Wayfarers in their blighted world, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists search for a better future in the devastated ruins of a once-proud land. The radiation-poisoned hellhole is their…
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Emerald Fire
The global apocalypse of 2001 did not destroy the world--only a way of life. Now, three generations after the blast, the indomitable human spirit struggles against the devastation and hopelessness. For one band of survivors, hope lies in hidden gateways, portals to uncertain places of salvation or doom. The Amazon…
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Bloodlines
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Crossways
Emerging from a gateway with companions in tow, Ryan Cawdor is forced to make an unsettling decision in regard to the red-haired Krysty Wroth, who harbors a personal desire for revenge. Original.
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Keepers of the Sun
Jumping through a secret gateway from their pre-nuclear world, Ryan Cawdor and his survivalist group find themselves in a fallen nation that is shadowed by samurai rulers that threaten Cawdor's world. Original.
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Circle Thrice
Visiting the villa of a powerful Tennessee baroness and her mysterious advisor, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists learn of her skills in the dark arts and her ruthless ambitions to secure her future. Original.
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Eclipse at Noon
Finding themselves on board the remains of a Mississippi pleasure boat, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists enjoy gambling with its genial captain, until the stakes escalate to human life proportions. Original.
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Stoneface
Discovering the still-standing Mount Rushmore, Ryan Cawdor and his band of post-apocalypse warriors are forced to breach its stronghold, where they discover a surprising cache of twentieth-century technology. Original.
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Bitter Fruit
Escaping from a marauding gang, Cawdor and his band emerge from a gateway into an idyllic Druidic community, only to learn that beneath its Eden-like surface lies a deadly undercurrent of dissension. Original.
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Skydark
It's now generations after the firestorm that nearly consumed the earth, but the survivors haven't yet finished paying for the sins of the fathers. All of life suffered and of those that survived, not all survived well. This cradle of life is now home to forms fallen far from their…
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Demons of Eden
In the aftermath of a nuclear firestorm that destroyed a way of life forever, humankind is less at home on Earth than ever before, but in the Deathlands, an intrepid group of wayfarers continues its determined fight for survival and a better future. Original.
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The Mars Arena
While searching the Western badlands for the wreckage of a crashed space station, Ryan Cawdor and his team become caught in the middle of a vicious war between rival regional barons, with the life of Ryan's son hanging in the balance. Original.
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Watersleep
In the altered reality of the Deathlands, America's coastal waters have not escaped the ravages of the nuclear holocaust, but the awesome power of the oceans still rules--a power that will give Ryan Cawdor, first among postholocaust survivors, a chance at victory. Original.
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Nightmare Passage
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Freedom Lost
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Way of the Wolf
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Dark Emblem
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Crucible of Time
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Starfall
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Gemini Rising
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Gaia's Demise
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Dark Reckoning
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Shadow World
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Pandora's Redoubt
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Rat King
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Zero City
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Savage Armada
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Judas Strike
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Shadow Fortress
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Sunchild
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Breakthrough
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Salvation Road
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Amazon Gate
After Oblivion
At the heart of the strange new post-nuclear world known as Deathlands lie the mysteries of pre-dark society -- secrets that may hold the key to a future of peace . . . or peril. Armed with rare knowledge of top secret twenty-first century technology, Ryan Cawdor and…
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Destiny's Truth
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Skydark Spawn
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Damnation Road Show
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Devil Riders
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Bloodfire
Ryan and his band of rebels journey across the perilous landscape to find the Trader, Ryan's old mentor and friend who is rumored to be alive, and, when they arrive in the preDark city of Sonora with their enemies in hot pursuit, a battle of revenge erupts. Original.
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Hellbenders
Out of the ashes of the conflagration that savaged mankind two centuries ago, Deathlands was born - a tortured testament to a world long gone. Yet, in this kill-or-be-killed world where justice is the way of the past and blood is law, hope is the last refuge of the doomed.…
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Separation
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Death Hunt
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Shaking Earth
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Black Harvest
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Vengeance Trail
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Ritual Chill
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Atlantis Reprise
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Labyrinth
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Strontium Swamp
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Shatter Zone
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Perdition Valley
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Cannibal Moon
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Sky Raider
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Remember Tomorrow
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Sunspot
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Desert Kings
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Apocalypse Unborn
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Thunder Road
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Plague Lords
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Dark Resurrection
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Eden's Twilight
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Desolation Crossing
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Alpha Wave
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Time Castaways
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Prophecy
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Blood Harvest
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Arcadian's Asylum
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Baptism of Rage
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Doom Helix
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Moonfeast
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Downrigger Drift
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Playfairs Axion
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Tainted Cascade
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Perception Fault
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Prodigal's Return
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Lost Gates
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Haven's Blight
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Hell Road Warriors
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Palaces of Light
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Wretched Earth
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Crimson Waters
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No Man's Land
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Nemesis
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Chrono Spasm
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Sins of Honor
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Storm Breakers
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Dark Fathoms
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Motherlode
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Siren Song
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Hanging Judge
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End Program
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Desolation Angels
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Blood Red Tide
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Polestar Omega
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Hive Invasion
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End Day
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Forbidden Trespass
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Iron Rage
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Child of Slaughter
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Devil's Vortex
